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Coverage Roundup: Advanced Energy Now 2017 Market Report

March 14, 2017 14:35
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Various Authors

On March 7, AEE released Advanced Energy Now 2017 Market Report. The latest industry data shows advanced energy is a $200 billion industry in the United States and $1.4 trillion worldwide. To put this in perspective, U.S. advanced energy revenue for 2016 is nearly double beer sales, equal to domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing, and approaching wholesale consumer electronics. Global revenue is almost twice the size of the global airline industry, and nearly equal to worldwide apparel revenue. Here is a round-up of media coverage:

Windpower Engineering and Development: "The global wind power industry added 52.4 GW of capacity in 2016, resulting in the second highest year of annual grid-connected capacity trailing only the peak year in 2015."